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> If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical. Not everyone agrees with that intuition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by schoen 9y ago
> If no one had kids, then we would wipe out the human race, which itself is unethical.
Not everyone agrees with that intuition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Benatar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinatalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Mov...
https://www.amazon.com/Every-Cradle-Grave-Rethinking-Suicide/dp/0989697290 https://www.amazon.com/Every-Cradle-Grave-Rethinking-Suicide...
- bykovich2 9y agoDo you take David Benatar seriously?
- schoen 9y agoI haven't read his book yet, but I'm about to read Sarah Perry's.
- pythia__ 9y agoThe problem with voluntary human extinction is that suicidal ethical systems are inherently self-limiting. A serious negative utilitarian who wished for human extinction would have to sterilize or kill others to succeed.